The latest confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees were packed with fiery exchanges with lawmakers, interruptions from protesters, and tearjerking testimonies that came as the Senate works to fill out the president’s administration. Several candidates under consideration to head key positions in the Trump administration were grilled by lawmakers during their Senate confirmation hearings on Wednesday. The hearings were off to a fiery start with the...

The former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was escorted out of her office Monday after she “refused to comply” with her termination, according to Reuters. Phyllis Fong, who has worked for the USDA for 22 years, was fired on Friday, but she reportedly told her colleagues that she planned to continue working. At the time, the government employee said she believed that the newly...